Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 23, #682

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As a pet lover, the green category in today’s Connections puzzle was easy to spot for me. Are you stumped today? Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Think forest.

Green group hint: Woof! Meow!

Blue group hint: Laugh it up.

Purple group hint: It stands tall.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Parts of a tree.

Green group: Canine/feline features.

Blue group: Comedic routine.

Purple group: ____ pole.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is parts of a tree. The four answers are branch, leaf, root and trunk.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is canine/feline features. The four answers are fur, muzzle, paw and tail.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is comedic routine. The four answers are act, bit, gag and sketch.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ pole. The four answers are bean, flag, may and tad.

Toughest Connections puzzles

We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.